Re: [Flashcoders] attachMovie fails on embedded clip in a movie, why?

Hi Chris, Is there some limitation to attachMovie that I'm missing? Any guesses, suggestions, ideas? Yes. In AS2, you can't attach a symbol from one .SWF's library into another movie's timeline. So if a parent loads a child, none of the clips in the child's library can be attached to the

Re: [Flashcoders] attachMovie fails on embedded clip in a movie, why?

One sidenote: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15638sliceId=2 Instances of imported symbols must be manually placed on the Timeline during authoring. _ Ian Thomas wrote: The only exception is when using shared libraries. Good luck, -- Fumio Nonaka

Re: [Flashcoders] attachMovie fails on embedded clip in a movie, why?

Hi Chris, I can't follow your code snippets too well, but I try to guess your mistake: You can only attach MovieClips/Symbols with attachMovie, that are available (exported for AS) within the container SWF. Example: MovieClip A.swf contains a MovieClip Symbol S in the library (exported for AS)